moral relativism

Examples of moral relativism in the following topics:

• Culture and Ethics

  • Culture reflects the moral values and ethical norms governing how people should behave and interact with others.
  • Culture reflects the moral and ethical beliefs and standards that speak to how people should behave and interact with others.
  • This approach is in contrast to universalism, which holds the position that moral values are the same for everyone.
  • Cultural relativism is also considered more tolerant than universalism because, if there is no basis for making moral judgments between cultures, then cultures have to be tolerant of each other.
  • Explain the role of culture in shaping moral and ethical behavior

• Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

  • Ethnocentrism, in contrast to cultural relativism, is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture.
  • Cultural relativism can be difficult to maintain when we're confronted with cultures whose practices or beliefs conflict with our own.
  • This approach is known as "cultural relativism."
  • A key component of cultural relativism is the concept that nobody, not even researchers, comes from a neutral position.
  • Examine the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in relation to your own and other cultures in society

• Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism

  • Cultural relativism is the belief that the concepts and values of a culture cannot be fully translated into, or fully understood in, other languages; that a specific cultural artifact (e.g. a ritual) has to be understood in terms of the larger symbolic system of which it is a part.
  • An example of cultural relativism might include slang words from specific languages (and even from particular dialects within a language).

• Kohlberg and Moral Development

• Moral Leadership

  • Ethical or moral leadership demonstrates responsibility for doing what is right.
  • Moral leadership means making decisions that respect the rights and dignity of others.
  • Moral leadership is important for protecting an organization's reputation.
  • Moral leadership goes beyond doing what is legal.
  • In this way, moral leaders take responsibility for the moral climate in their organizations and help others understand, share, and act in accordance with those values.

• Cultural Universals

  • The idea of cultural universals—that specific aspects of culture are common to all human cultures—runs contrary to cultural relativism.
  • Cultural relativism was, in part, a response to Western ethnocentrism.

• Ethics Training

  • People use moral reasoning in an attempt to do the right thing.
  • Swaner, moral behavior has four components:
  • Moral motivation, which is "a personal commitment to moral action, accepting responsibility for the outcome."
  • Realizing good conduct, being an effective moral agent, and bringing values into one's work, all require skills in addition to a moral inclination.
  • Moral creativity: Moral creativity is closely related to moral imagination, but it centers on the ability to frame a situation in different ways.

• Moral Development in Childhood

  • Moral development refers to changes in moral beliefs as a person grows older and gains maturity.
  • Moral development refers to changes in moral beliefs as a person grows older and gains maturity.
  • At the preconventional level, a child's sense of morality is externally controlled.
  • Stage 1: Punishment and Obedience - In this stage, children find it hard to distinguish between two separate moral points of view, especially in a moral dilemma.
  • At the postconventional or principled level, children can think of morals and values in an abstract way and begin to realize some moral dilemmas do not have a clear-cut, right or wrong answer.

• Material Culture

  • The result is a belief in cultural relativism, which suggests that there are no 'better' or 'worse' cultures, just different cultures .

• Cultural Evolution

  • The result is a belief in cultural relativism, which suggests that there are no "better" or "worse" cultures, just different cultures.